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Flintlock pistol
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Flintlock pistol

Lazaro Lazarino · c. 1800 - c. 1850 · relief (sculpture technique); engraving; bronze (metal); iron (metal); wood (plant material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Flintlock pistol, part of a pair, with a smooth round barrel beginning octagonal, a small round iron sight bead at the end of the barrel, a relief of a heraldic shield and below it an animal figure on the upper side of the stock neck, both relief works surrounded by eleven French lilies in diamond shape. Wooden lockplate with rocaille patterns carved on the bottom. Iron lockplate with edges engraved with double line decoration, decoration on the cock. The sideplate consists of a bronze relief of a trophy of arms with a trumpet and flags emerging from curling leaves. The stock is of wood and has a bronze buttplate surrounded by rocaille work; on the stock neck a bronze plate with curling plant ornaments. Under the lockplate a bronze ramrod tube containing a wooden ramrod. Copper trigger guard with curling leaves on the underside, the trigger is of iron and curls slightly at the end.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenpistool. c. 1800 - c. 1850. Lazaro Lazarino. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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